February 25th, 2010

How to Read a Title Report

by Claudia Ollestad | Be the first to comment...click here!

Reading a title report, to most, is like reading assembly directions in a foreign language!  Often time real estate professionals do not understand that the title report has important information to help them determine if they are dealing with a marketable property!

The industry encourages you to order preliminary title as soon as you take a [...]

February 25th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Title | Leave a comment | 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
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February 12th, 2010

Title Issues and Foreclosures

by Elizabeth Peterson and Randy L. Rieman | 3 comments!

Foreclosures are around every corner in today’s market and the savvy buyer has an unprecedented opportunity to buy a house at bargain prices. Oh, if it were clean and simple (don’t get me wrong; sometimes it is)!

Here’s an example: You find a property you’re interested in and the title report shows two loans [...]

February 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Foreclosure, Title | 3 comments | 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
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January 19th, 2010

Top 10 Tips to a Smooth Closing

by Claudia Ollestad | 2 comments!

I was thinking about title and escrow and how baffling it must seem to a typical buyer or seller.  Really, when you think of it, it is this strange place with strange people where one signs strange documents and a normal person (probably not strange) must leave after they sign documents and just “hope” they [...]

January 19th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Escrow, Title | 2 comments | 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
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